Business Continuity Manager

c2c Railway Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,489 - 73,931; Full time

Job summary

c2c Railway Limited is seeking a Business Continuity Manager to enhance operational resilience. This role involves developing strategies for business continuity, ensuring compliance with ISO 22301, and managing incidents effectively.

The ideal candidate will have professional membership in the Business Continuity Institute, and qualifications such as a Business Continuity diploma or NEBOSH Certificate. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are essential.

This full-time position is based in London and offers a competitive salary of £67,210 per year.

Qualifications

• Professional membership of the Business Continuity Institute required.
• Working towards a Business Continuity diploma.
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent preferred.
• Good standard of general education.
• Ability to prioritize workloads.

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategy for business continuity and resilience.
• Implement and review a Business Continuity Management System.
• Design and deliver Business Continuity exercises.
• Manage Business Continuity incidents to identify lessons learnt.
• Collaborate with functions within c2c and other organizations.

Skills

Professional membership of the Business Continuity Institute

Business Continuity diploma

NEBOSH Certificate

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Understanding of ISO systems

Job description

Business Continuity Manager

Department: Engineering and Sustainability

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: HQ London

Compensation: £67,210 / year

Description

Purpose of the Job

The role is to manage business continuity which includes business resilience & contingency within c2c. The role is designed to help improve the operational resilience of c2c, ensuring we can minimise disruption, maintain operability and help prevent disaster. This is a cross-functional role, covering all operations/functions of the business. The role will be expected to help implement and maintain ISO 22301 and contribute to Business Continuity strategy and horizon scanning.

Key Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

• Developing the strategy for business continuity, business resilience & contingency, ensuring ISO22301 compliance.
• Create, implement, and periodically review a Business Continuity Management System and associated documentation, inclusive of a Business Continuity Plan, Business Impact Analysis, and Business Continuity Strategies.
• Advise on the approach to Business Continuity, Organisational Resilience and Incident Response.
• Design, plan and deliver Business Continuity exercises – both Desktop and Simulation.
• Create Business Continuity strategies for identified risks, ensuring they are safety validated, cost effective and risk assessed to ensure the approach is fit for purpose.
• Design and implement a periodic horizon scanning risk approach and keep up to date with external risk benchmarks and new trends in risk management.
• Manage a programme of Business Continuity assurance and continuous improvement review.
• Manage the investigation of Business Continuity incidents to enable lessons learnt to be identified.
• Collaborate with all functions within c2c, Trenitalia, Network Rail, DfT, BTP, and ORR.
• Establish an accountability driven implementation plan to deliver the strategy against, and benchmark progress to ensure the ability to respond to present and emerging risks.
• Engage with all directorates to ensure alignment of business-critical dependencies and ensure availability of resource when necessary.
• Maintain oversight of c2c’s emergency planning and incident response provisions and facilitate the alignment of training and delivery requirements in line with the wider industry structure.
• Delivery of contingency arrangement plans and assurance that plans factor in necessary training and competence management requirements where applicable.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications Required

• The post holder must hold the appropriate professional membership of the Business Continuity Institute.
• Hold or be working towards a Business Continuity diploma.
• Hold or be working towards a NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent).
• Good standard of general education.
• Attention to detail.
• Well organised and ability to prioritise workloads.
• Understanding of ISO certificated systems.